New study tests simpler dental implant method to avoid extra surgery
NCT ID NCT06252324
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study compares two ways to place dental implants in people with bone loss. One technique places the implant at the gum level (tissue-level), while the other places it at the bone level and requires a second surgery to uncover it. Researchers will track bone changes, implant survival, and pain over 3 years in 80 adults. The goal is to see if the simpler tissue-level method works as well.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- dental implant (tissue-level or bone-level surgical technique)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a simpler tissue-level implant technique works as well as the standard bone-level method, reducing the need for extra surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 80 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The surgeon knows which technique is used, which could bias outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age between 18-75 years; * Healthy or with mild functional limitations according to ASA classification 1-2 (16); * Consumption of fewer than 10 cigarettes per day; * Need for implant rehabilitation in a single-tooth edentulous area; * Presence of adequate volumes of bone tissue (3.5mm thickness and 9mm height) to allow proper implant placement and optimal primary stability. Exclusion Criteria: * Age under 18 years; * Medical and/or general contraindications to surgical procedures (ASA score ≥3) (16); * Poor oral hygiene and lack of motivation and/or active clinical periodontal disease expressed by probing pocket depth \>4 mm and bleeding on probing; * Smoking more than 10 cigarettes per day; * Systemic or local diseases that could compromise post-operative healing and osseointegration; * Alcohol and/or drug abuse; * Pregnancy or breastfeeding; * Malocclusion and other occlusal disorders; * Bisphosphonate therapy.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Endodontic clinical section, DIBINEM, UNiversity of Bologna
Bologna, 40125, Italy
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